He is a foreign cross talk actor who has appeared on the stage of our Spring Festival Gala. He is the apprentice of Jiang Kun, the master of cross talk, and was named one of the top ten outstanding youths in Beijing. Once made a huge contribution to the cultural exchanges between China and Canada, …
For more information on the Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program, please visit the EduCanada website. by EduCanada A CCSEP alumnus from Canada, Mark Rowswell, better known by his Chinese stage name Dashan, performed Xiangsheng, a form of traditional Chinese crosstalk comedy, in Shanghai in 1990. A Canadian young man studying in China fell in …
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Classes offer chance to socialize, share culture and resources. by Melody Jacobson The 40-minute fitness classes are offered twice a week by the Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice. (Ben Nelms/CBC) The stores and offices on the second floor of the Sun Wah Centre don’t open for another two hours, but over 40 seniors are in …
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Witnesses say staff at city-owned mall tried to stop seniors, used insensitive language, summoned police. by Michelle Gomez Posted: Jun 27, 2023 Organizers and witnesses say mall management, accompanied by a mall security officer, asked the seniors to leave and called a police officer to the scene. (Stephanie Leo) The City of Vancouver …
“I gravitated towards baseball mainly because you got to see faces that look like yours,” said one fan. By Kimberly Yam Hideo Nomo, Hideki Matsui, and Byung-Hyun Kim. In an unusually frigid Tuesday in April back in 2003, a newly minted New York Yankees baseball player stepped onto the field during the team’s home …
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The flourishing of diversity is an essential facet in the profound beauty that our world rightfully deserves. by Revin Chen Kimberly Yam, the Asian Voices editor at HuffPost, recently shared a post detailing her personal growth journey and shedding light on the unique challenges faced by minorities. While many of us are familiar with …
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Men from southern China came along with the earliest non-indigenous migrants to what later became British Columbia, for instance as carpenters and ship’s crew on-board former British naval officer John Meares’ private expedition from Macau in 1788 to (unsuccessfully) establish a trading fort in Nuu-chal-nuth territory on what is now known as Vancouver Island. When …
Historical Background of Anti-Chinese Discrimination in British Columbia Read More »
by Tianming Li and other 2 Chinese instructors I am writing to draw your attention to a case of discrimination and inequity in the Chinese language instruction group at Langara College. I am currently employed as a Chinese instructor in the Department of Modern Languages at Langara College. During the pandemic, all modern language …
Discrimination and Inequity to Chinese Language Group at Langara College Read More »
by Yuqi Feng On November 5, 51-year-old Huiping Hu was attacked by a racist in Okanagan, resulting in both physical injuries and deep psychological trauma. Accompanied by a UBC Okanagan student, Hu went to inspect a secondhand car listed on Facebook Marketplace. Upon discovering damages on the vehicle’s body, Hu negotiated with the …
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Story by Muriel Draaisma When Toronto city councilor Lily Cheng was in Grade 5, she says she was harassed by three boys on her way home from school. The boys ran out and called her “all the derogatory names you can think of that apply to a Chinese person” before assaulting her, Cheng recalls. …